Tag Archives: Asphodel

Finding God in Silence

By Robin Bates | Published: September 23, 2023

Poet Jennifer Michael gave a talk on finding God through poetry, featuring Berry, Hirshfield, Oliver, and others.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Door", "I Go among the Trees", "Praying", "Silence", "Sometimes", "Whatever is Foreseen in Joy", Asphodel That Greeny Flower, Genesis, Jane Hirshfield, Jennifer Michael, Mary Oliver, Meditation, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Wendell Berry, William Carlos Williams, William Wordsworth | Comments closed

Why Read Lit? Let Me Count the Reasons

By Robin Bates | Published: April 20, 2015

I grapple today about why it is essential to read lit. And what happens to us when we don’t.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Blossom", ethical reading, Great House, Hero with a Thousand Faces, John Milton, Joseph Campbell, Mary Oliver, Nicole Krauss, Paradise Lost, reading, William Carlos Williams | Comments closed

Without Literature, We’d Die Like Mad Dogs

By Robin Bates | Published: February 18, 2010

Kurt Vonnegut I have heard people sing the praises of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle for years so I used the occasion of one of our snow days to read it. Vonnegut once had a cult following and perhaps does so still. I’d love to hear an update from a Vonnegut fan. While I wasn’t blown […]

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